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Guide to American Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library
by various
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
San Marino, California: Huntington Library, 1979 Hard cover, quarto, 442pp. The Huntington Library was founded by Henry Edwards Huntington (1850 - 1927), an American railroad tycoon and book collector. The library has a vast collection (7 million manuscripts and 400,000 rare books) including a vellum Gutenberg Bible, and the Ellesmere manuscript of Chaucer, an illuminated copy of the famous Canterbury Tales. Condition: Near Fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7884
- Title
- Guide to American Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library
- Author
- various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Huntington Library
- Place of Publication
- San Marino, California
- Date Published
- 1979
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We work to promote the significance of a wide variety of ideas, from whatever era they might originate. We celebrate, and work to preserve, the artistry of the printed page, the handwritten word, and the craftsmanship of the hand-made object in today's virtual, digital world.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...